Shopping Cart Let’s put the cart before the horse:  For the past seven years I have used PayPal to process sales on my website.  I have known for a long time that I was getting what online marketers call Shopping Cart Abandonment.  How did I know this?  Well when I look at my Hitslink analysis [...]

I don’t usually do straight -up promotions in my blog, but this one is so good I want all my readers to check it out.  This is a series of 4 FREE videos (about 10 min each), that will open your eyes to some totally new ways to make money online. You will learn how [...]

While everyone is paying attention to Health Care, the Sotomayor hearings and Cap & Trade, congress is quietly getting ready to impose sales tax on all internet sellers Great Magicians master the craft of misdirection. They create a diversion with their right hand while the left hand is doing the real work. It seems our congress has [...]

Just Updated & Expanded. Lower cost and now Available as a Download I first published How to Create and Sell Information Products on eBay, Amazon and The Internet two years ago. The first edition was limited to selling information products on eBay. When the second edition was released, I added information to help sellers sell [...]

Our sister company, The Official Geezer Guides has just published their latest title that shows how us Geezers –or really, how anyone can make extra money with Craigslist. Some of you may have missed the announcement, but a few months ago I started a new company aimed at the Senior market.  We publish books, articles [...]

If you missed it, I recently launched a new publishing venture called The Official Geezer Guide. We released our third title this week. The Official Geezer Guide is my new website dedicated to helping seniors and retired folks living on a fixed income find no-scam ways to supplement their income and earn additional money. The [...]

Announcing a new website for retired or soon to retire Americans who would like to earn extra money with legitimate easy-to-do online businesses This week is the official launch of the Official Geezer Guide Website.  I have been working on this project in secret for several months.  The Official Geezer Guide is an information website [...]

This is a great little guide to making money selling your digital photos on eBay, Cafe Press and other sites. Martin Hurley has been making money online selling his digital photos for years. He has just published a great little eBook that he is selling for $7.00 that shows how you can do this too.  [...]

The new congress and the new president have signaled their willingness to require all online sellers to collect and pay sales tax I am not sure if there is anything we can do about this, but you may want to try and write your congress person anyway. If you don’t, it is looking pretty certain [...]

The summer doldrums are upon us. We had a pretty good June but my sales really crashed in July. A lot of folks think the slowdown is due to the changes on eBay –and some of it could be, but in fact I usually see this every year. Business should pickup in late August as the back-to-school season [...]

A few days ago, there was a special webinar with Forrester Research called “Why eCommerce is Thriving” And it’s backed up by some serious data. If you have been watching the new free video series from WorldWide Brands that I have been telling you about, then you will want to see this one –It is [...]

Seizing on media stories is one of the oldest and most profitable niches on eBay I find it rather ironic that Eliot Spitzer is now paying as much per hour for an attorney as he paid for companionship with a prostitute –but that’s another story. Let’s look at a very interesting eBay niche business: A [...]

eBay wants buyers to stay on their site and buy. I don’t blame them. But there are some “legal” ways to use eBay to get traffic on your web site. It is very important that you follow the rules and be subtle.  If you are discrete and don’t break any eBay rules, this can be [...]

Prosper.com. People to People lending site where you can borrow money for your eBay business, to consolidate debt or any other purpose. Earn a $25 Sign-up Bonus if you join Prosper before August 31st. Have you heard of Prosper? Prosper is the People to People (p2p) lending site funded by eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar.  Prosper works [...]

eBay Announced new commission rates and a new policy that forbids the use of PPC advertising to drive traffic to affiliate listings. The eBay Affiliate Program pays Internet publishers, Web masters, online partners, and eBay sellers to drive new users and sales to eBay. Affiliates promote eBay with banners, text links, and other innovative tools, [...]